Rod Ward has also ben practicing injury law only for over a dozen years. He is a Lifetime Member of the Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association and has served on the MTLA Board of Governors as well as chairing committees for MTLA. Rod has spoken to Mississippi lawyers in the area of workers compensation bad faith and been published in the leading trial lawyer magazine on that issue. His case, Rogers v. Hartford, is widely considered the leading appellate decision in the state on workers comp bad faith.

Rod has also held positions with the Mississippi State Bar and the Hinds County Bar Association.

Rod is married to Shawn Ward and they have three children. Rod coaches the Stevens & Ward soccer and baseball teams, both of which have had great success. He also plays golf and hunts.

Position:

President

Areas of Practice:

Personal Injury

Litigation Percentage:

100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

Mississippi, 1987

Education:

University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, MS, 1987
J.D.

Representative Cases:

Brown v. Pearl River Opportunity, Inc., 627 So. 2d 308 (Miss.?1993)

Marcum v. Miss. Valley Gas Co., 587 So. 2d 223 (Miss.?1989)

City of Jackson v. Williamson, CA U-95-CA-01072-COA (Miss. Ct. App.?1997)

City of Jackson v. Williamson, 740 So. 2d 818 (Miss.?1999)

Rogers v. Hartford Casualty & Indem., 113 F. 3d 309 (5th Cir.?1998)

Rogers v. Quick Change, 663 So. 2d 585 (Miss.?1995)

Hare v. State of Mississippi, 733 So. 2d 277 (Miss.?1999)

Pickens v. Seimans (C.A.Miss.?1999)

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association

Member of the Board of Governors

Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association

Committee Chair

Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Member

Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association

Lifetime Member

Mississippi Bar

Member

Hinds County Bar Association

Member

Birth Information:

1961